Here’s a challenge for you. Ravin Jesuthasan and Marie S. Holmstrom of Willis Towers Watson just published an article on the Harvard Business Review site titled “As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up.” Here’s the opening. “As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. The […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about important personality traits for CEOs, succession planning, learning to lead, and filling your leadership […]

Leadership development is what we do to make sure that our companies remain competitive far into the future. A key part of leadership development is sorting out the potential of different leaders. That’s the subject of an excellent Harvard Business Review article by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic titled “What Science Tells Us About Leadership Potential.” There’s plenty […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about why you should stop outsourcing leadership development, the factors that create outperforming stars, how […]

How’s your leadership development program doing? If you can answer that question you’re in very select company. DDI says that only one company in ten evaluates the effectiveness of their leadership development program. That matches my experience. Just about every company where I did training over a couple of decades evaluated training using that famous […]

Once upon a time, coaching wasn’t considered important in business. Actually, “once upon a time” wasn’t very long ago. It’s how things were when I was coming up in business. Back then, things were different than today. Back then, people were promoted to their first leadership position based on their knowledge of the work. Leaders […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about how leaders can help others influence them, best books for leadership development, leadership development […]

If you’re interested in leadership development, put Neil Irwin’s New York Times article, “How to Become a C.E.O.? The Quickest Path Is a Winding One,” on your must-read list. Here’s the first of two money quotes. “To get a job as a top executive, new evidence shows, it helps greatly to have experience in as […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about mentoring as a two-way street, leadership development for NextGen leaders, four keys to organizing […]